Blanchflower (2009): study US 2007
Publication
- Author(s):
- Blanchflower, D.G.
- Title:
- Happiness and Health Care Coverage.
- Source:
- IZA Discussion Paper no. 4450, 2009, Bonn, Germany
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, United States, 2007
- Survey name
- US-BRFSS 2007
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 372019
- Non Response
- 0
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question
In general, how satisfied are you with your life?
1 very dissatisfied
2 dissatisfied
3 satisfied
4 very satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLu-g-sq-v-4-e
- Page in publication:
- 8
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 1%, 2: 4%, 3: 50%, 4: 44% (total 99%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.38 8.56
- SD:
- 0.61 1.42